Step 7: Final Thoughts

I was brainstorming with Randy on projects for the Mice and Keyboard Reuse Challenge and I thought of doing a keyboard skateboard! Randy showed me this had already been done. Randy was quick to also note that this project didn't actually work!

I was determined to make a working version of the Keyboard Skateboard out of an old keyboard and some parts!

<p>...and for a what, i understand that was your keyboard but anyway that's stupid like make toilet paper from gold...</p><p>and no i'mnot apple fanboy : )</p>

i dont mean to be the hater and i would love an explaination as to y im wrong but i think a mac keyboard would snap being that they're thin. secondly, youre board is too thick, and i think the keyboard would still snap. finally, ive done this, too. but if u spraypaint wheels, like i sprayed mine black, then, uh....

you could make a tail out of a magic trackpad

make it a longboard with multiple keybeoards and I will make one too! nice build<br>

howabout making an actual skateboard deck like with the curves in the deck and then lay a keyboard on that. preferably one with grip :)<br>

wats the point lol?? dont disrespect apple. lol u should have used a cheap windows keyboard

A cheap windows keyboard would be destroyed with your first step on. <br>It could be actually a proof that apple stuff is better :)<br><br>I probably would have put a skateboard grip on the keyboard, then cut it so it's just on the keys. It must be pretty slippery!

Oh, I thought it was the random high five thing. My bunny can high five it...

ROTFL, I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at your project, it's a really cool idea. But your thoughts... &quot;the 2x4 method works and is strong&quot; and &quot;it's clear i need something lighter.&quot; just hit a funny bone. As an older boarder myself, I relate. I can't wait to see version 2.0, you have to do it now and you have to make another video.

Given that the keyboard in question is totally useless for &quot;typing&quot;, I commend you for coming up with something worthwhile.

i think its unfair this was on the official instructibles youtube page during a contest

no worries, by being staff i can't win anything!

THEN WHY ENTER? lol but ya i am actually tempted to make this

I enter to inspire users like you in ways you could only imagine.<br />
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the more your know lol. ya stuff like this always makes me wants to build more stuff, hell i just built a necklace out of an old ipod shuffle motherboard

Reminds me of this:<br><br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNGGfcPipQ

Skeyboard?

nice stuff)

cool!

You could make the tail from a separate number pad, or (to stick with the iTheme), use a dead/fake iPhone.<br><br>Oh! Lightbulb moment!<br><br>Make the laminated version, as suggested by przem, and make the tail a flat box with a clear, acetate or polycarbonate top-side, into which you slide a <em>real</em> iPhone, then you can create an app which will use the phone's accelerometers to record your moves and display them in some cool, graphical manner.<br><br>Or maybe an app that adds sound effects to your moves...<br><br>

That would be really really cool

The next one should definitely have a mousepad for the tail.

iSk8 =)

Looks cool :-)<br><br>Maybe cover the top of the keyboard with a layer of epoxy resin to make it more durable. Or maybe go high-tech and laminate the keyboard with layers of fibreglass, then wood will be not necessary. <br><br>

Nice!

Version two should be bolted to a thick steel plate, preferably with non-slip treads on the bottom. That would look super ninja.